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The Pacific Islands Forum is calling on Australia not to let its neigbours sink due to the impacts of climate change.

The call was made at the Forum leader's summit on the fifth anniversary of the… Audio

Government ministers are being taken to the Employment Court over what a claimant calls a ludicrous and absurd disability care issue.

The case is around legislation which means people with… Audio

The deputy chief executive of Oranga Tamariki Hoani Lambert has resigned.

Chief executive of the agency Grainne Moss has just confirmed the news at a media conference in Wellington.

RNZ Māori news… Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

With hundreds cramped in temporary housing - the opening of dozens of new state homes in Porirua is being described as an important milestone.

The 29 new one- and two-bedroom units were blessed this… Video, Audio

The Prime Minister is refusing to be drawn on whether a deal over Ihumātao was given the green light in the last Cabinet meeting for the year.

RNZ understands an agreement for Fletchers to sell the… Audio

A surprise visit has revealed a prison designed to help rehabilitate prisoners is instead keeping them locked down for up to 23 hours a day - with little access to education and rehab programmes.

A… Video, Audio

Queenstown tourist operators need an exact date for quarantine-free travel with Australia so they can ramp back up after cutting staff and services in the wake of Covid-19 and the closed border -… Video, Audio

The Whakatāne region is expecting a bumper summer, as Kiwis holiday at home and explore their own backyard.

While businesses directly affected by the Whakaari eruption have taken a big financial hit… Audio

Central Otago orchard owners say the push for workers isn't over as they prepare for harvest season.

Today government ministers visited an apple orchard near Alexandra to speak with workers and… Audio

A survivor from the Christchurch terror attacks says the greatest gift people can give his martyred wife is to learn the lesson from hate and make this country a safer place for all. Farid Ahmed's… Video, Audio

A man who was shot nine times during the Christchurch terror attacks - believes it was preventable and the Royal Commission of Inquiry findings prove so.

The commission's report found lax practices… Audio

There's been a tenfold increase in the number of norovirus outbreaks in pre-schools, kindergartens and daycares in Auckland, in the last month.

Auckland Regional Public Health Service says there were… Audio

The embattled Ports of Auckland boss has appeared before Auckland Council for a grilling over mounting shipping delays.

The Ports are wholly owned by the council, and today chief executive Tony… Video, Audio

Home ownership rates have hit a 70 year low and those working in housing are not at all surprised.

A new 150-page report from Stats NZ titled Housing in Aotearoa: 2020 reveals a grim portrait of the… Audio

Emergency services are responding to a fire at Ponsonby Intermediate school in central Auckland.

The fire is understood to be in the school's techdome where art and textile classes are held.

Black… Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

Andrew Little is the Minister coordinating the response of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terrorist attack on Christchurch masjidain on 15 March 2019 report.

He joins Lisa Owen from the… Video, Audio

'We should have been safe here' - the reaction this afternoon from Christchurch's Muslim communities.

The Imam of Al Noor mosque, Gamal Fouda, says he reported suspicious people around the Deans… Video, Audio

Ko tō tātou kāinga tēnei: Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terrorist attack on Christchurch masjidain on 15 March 2019, was released to the public on Monday.

The Islamic Women's Council said the… Video, Audio